chǎngcháng

open space

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𠃓 represents the sound.

Components
土 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

earth

𠃓 sound component

𠃓  Sound component

yáng

  

bright

Evolution

场 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
场 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
场 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
场 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

chǎng

open space, field, market; large place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play); classifier for sporting or recreational activities; classifier for number of exams

() 

cháng

threshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout

() 

cháng

variant of |[cháng]

() 

chǎng

variant of |[chǎng]

Most common words with 场
Freq.
Word
Meaning

stage

市场

marketplace

现场

(on) the spot

机场

airport

在场

to be present

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 91.2222% of movies

236th most common character in movies

249th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

Unicode

U+573A


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